Spencerville head coach Chris Sommers was selected as the NWC Coach of the Year for the Northwest Conference in voting by coaches at a meeting in Delphos on Monday. Spencerville tied for the league championship with Crestview and Columbus Grove as all finished the season at 6-1 in league play.

Crestview senior quarterback Drew Kline repeated as the NWC Offensive Player of the Year. Eli Yahl, a junior linebacker from Spencerville, was selected as the NWC Defensive Player of the Year.

Spencerville, Crestview and Columbus Grove have all qualified for the state football playoffs. On Friday, Nov. 2, Columbus Grove (7-3) will host Carey (7-3) and Spencerville (8-2) will travel to Marion Local (9-1). On Saturday, Nov. 3, Crestview (9-1) will host Cincinnati Miami Valley Christian Academy (7-2). All games are scheduled to start at 7:00 pm.

Division II District at OttawaBoys
Qualifiers: Top three teams and those individuals that finish in the top 12 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.
Paulding NTSIndividual Regional Qualifiers: 11. Bailey Manz, PauldingComplete Results

Boys District 2
Qualifiers: Top four teams and those individuals that finish in the top 16 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.1. Columbus Grove 31, Spencerville NTSIndividual Regional Qualifiers: noneComplete Results

Girls District 2
Qualifiers: Top four teams and those individuals that finish in the top 16 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.2. Columbus Grove 55, Ada NTSIndividual Regional Qualifiers: noneComplete Results

Paulding sophomore Sadie Estle was voted the 2018 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” at a meeting of conference volleyball coaches in Delphos. In a close vote, Estle edged Rylee Sybert (Columbus Grove) and Lexi Gregory (Crestview) who finished second and third respectively in the balloting. Tammy Gregory of Crestview was voted NWC Coach of the Year by her peers. Columbus Grove and Crestview ended the regular season as conference co-champs with identical 7-1 records in league play.

Ada senior Chris Reyes was voted the 2018 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” in a vote at a meeting of conference boys’ soccer coaches held in Delphos. Luke Young, a senior from Bluffton, finished second in the balloting. Steve Smucker of Bluffton was selected as “Coach of the Year” in the balloting. Smucker was a unanimous selection in winning his 4th straight Coach of the Year award.

Junior Kelsey Shaffer from conference champion Spencerville was voted the 2018 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” at a meeting of conference soccer coaches held in Delphos. Her teammate junior Raygen Martinez finished second in the balloting. Spencerville coach Kathy Goecke was selected as “Coach of the Year” in the balloting. Spencerville won the league title with a 5-0-1 record in league play to edge out Bluffton who finished at 4-0-2.

Columbus Grove won both the boys’ and girls’ titles in the Northwest Conference cross country meet run Saturday morning in Spencerville. The boys’ race featured a tight battle with Columbus Grove (30) edging out runner-up Lincolnview (33) by 3 points. Lincolnview girls also finshed second while Crestview took third place in both races. Junior High races were won by Lincolnview (boys) and Columbus Grove (girls).

Lincolnview’s Alek Bowersock ran the best individual time of 16:53.8 in winning the boys’ race and was voted by the coaches as NWC Male Runner of the Year. Johnny Schmiedebusch (CG, 16:59.0) finished second with Karter Tow (LV, 17:15.6) completing the race as the third place finisher.